2014 Summer
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato
Prof Notes
http://wpscape.info/mw/index.php?title=Plato
Selected DIALOGUES
Alcibiades
http://www.san.beck.org/Alcibiades.html
In the ancient world, this dialogue was considered to be a worthy introduction to the works of Plato. Note: Plutarch wrote a life of Alcibiades.
Phaedrus
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/p/plato/p71phs/index.html
Note: there are three speeches in this dialogue; be very careful how you quote the second one. Here is a look at a plane tree (the Plane Tree of Hippocritus).
Symposium
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/p/plato/p71sy/symposium.html
Note: find “Diotima” for the final answer from Socrates.
Speech of Aristophanes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4paSMqKYXtY
Republic
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/p/plato/p71r/contents.html
Warning: be careful with this page. Don’t mistake the long Intro section for the primary source text.
Note: find “wisdom” in Book IV, here titled “Wealth, Poverty, and Virtue.”
Allegory of the Cave (Republic Book VII)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EPz5z1pUag
Note: narrated by Orson Welles.
Additional Reading
Timaeus
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/p/plato/p71ti/index.html
A creation narrative of Pythagorean influence, featuring the power of geometry and number.
Platonic Solids (Background)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_solid
Platonic Solids (Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voUVDAgFtho
Prof Notes
http://wpscape.info/mw/index.php?title=Timaeus
Database Suggestion
Smith, Anne Collins, and Owen M Smith. “Voldemort Tyrannos: Plato’s Tyrant In The ‘Republic’ And The Wizarding World.” Reason Papers: A Journal Of Interdisciplinary Normative Studies 34.1 (2012): 125-136. Philosopher’s Index. Web. 5 Jan. 2014.
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